Civil War Veterans of Mendocino County, California.
Lawrence Christopher Holland

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Ronald Cannon, MA 
Submitted June 2010

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Lawrence Christopher Holland, 11 January 1846 SC-22 November 1928
Co. B, 58 AL Inf.
Russian River Cemetery, Ukiah (R-6 SW ˝, Row H, sp 13)

L. C. Holland Dies in Ukiah Thursday – L. C. Holland, father of Elbert Holland of this city, passed away Thursday. 
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at the Cleland Funeral Home.
	Lawrence Christopher Holland was born in South Carolina, January 11, 1846 and was aged 82 years, 
10 months and 11 days at the time of his death. His boyhood was spent in Georgia from where he enlisted in the 
Confederate army, under General Bragg. In 1866 he was married to Miss Adeline Maddux in Alabama. The 
Holland-Maddux families soon moved to Texas where the only child was born. In 1887 the Holland family came 
to California, locating in Lakeport, from where they moved to the Sherwood valley section in 1889. This was his 
home until about six years ago, when he came to live in Ukiah. The wife preceded him to the grave 25 years ago 
this month. He leaves besides his son, Elbert, a grandson, Elston. Dispatch Democrat, 24 November 1928. 

L.G. Holland Buried Here Saturday Last – Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon, at two o’clock, at the 
Cleland Funeral Home for L. G. Holland, who died here Thursday following a long illness. Mr. Holland was the 
Father of Elbert Holland, local clergyman and was 82 years old. He was a native of South Carolina and had been 
a resident of Mendocino county 40 years, most of which was passed in Sherwood Valley. Mr. Holland was greatly 
respected for his kindly, sterling qualities of manhood. Beside his son, Mr. Holland is survived by a grandson, 
Elston Holland of this city. Ukiah Republican Press, 28 November 1928.

1880 U.S census, Jack County, Texas, population schedule, Pct. 1, ED 158, p. 9-B, dwelling 162, family 162, L. C. 
Holland; NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 1313.

1900 U.S. census, Mendocino County, California, population schedule, Little Lake Township, ED 71, p. 95-B (stamped), 
sheet 9, dwelling 199, family 199, Lawrence C Holland; NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 93.

1920 U.S. census, Mendocino County, California, population schedule, Sherwood Pct., ED 114, p. 81-B, family 114, 
Christopher L. Holland; NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 121.